Richard Reibstein, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Labor + Employment Practice Group, was quoted in the September 8, 2025 Freight Waves article, “First Step Taken by Trump Administration to Supplant Biden’s Independent Contractor Rule at Labor Department.”

  • Richard Reibstein of the law firm of Troutman Pepper Locke writes a blog specifically devoted to IC issues. When the Biden administration IC rule was formally proposed at the start of 2024, Reibstein said of its impact: “The legal impact of the final rule, however, will hardly ripple the waters. After all, it is the courts that create law on this subject, not regulatory agencies.”
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